While most people celebrated the Spring Festival by journeying to their homes or dining with families, some had to remain hard at work. The Global Times visited three groups who in different ways, helped keep the city alive and thriving over the period when most of us enjoyed time off.
The emergency department at Zhongshan Hospital is the largest hospital emergency department in East China, treating more than 1,300 patients every day. Thirty-one doctors and 140 nurses work there and they all work shifts over the Spring Festival - with the outpatients departments closed, the emergency staff have to cover for any patients seeking treatment that is not strictly an emergency. |
